I have always been fascinated by architecture and design. As a child, I watched as my parents built our home. Years later, when my husband and I moved to the North Shore, we designed and built our own home. I have the unique ability to envision each home’s potential. After over 25 years and the opportunity to serve dozens of clients, residential sales is definitely in my blood.
My clients appreciate that I am a positive, solutions-oriented person capable of supporting all their real estate needs. I raised my family in Highland Park, but have experience selling throughout the North Shore as well as the North West suburbs and the City. One of my areas of expertise is working with seniors. Having earned the Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®) designation, I have the knowledge and expertise to guide older homebuyers and sellers in their major financial and lifestyle transitions. Having taught preschool for 13 years, I am a nurturer by nature. I firmly believe that where we raise our children is an important part of how we raise them.
Engel & Völkers Chicago North Shore is a modern company staffed with exceptional, full-time professional advisors. The energy and dedication is inspiring, and the referral network beyond Chicagoland is powerful.
I am blessed with a wonderful family including my super husband (of many decades), talented children and three precious grandchildren. Caring for plants is a passion of mine. During construction, my husband and I oriented our home facing southeast allowing me to create my indoor garden flooded with natural light. Many of my plants are older than my children! I truly enjoy helping my clients with their real estate needs and after that...I help make their gardens grow!
Engel & Völkers Chicago North Shore
Located in Winnetka, Illinois, our Chicago North Shore shop is nestled in the downtown area. We are currently in the Laundry Building right on Chestnut Street making it easy access to all the other North Shore and surrounding suburbs. With advisors who cover the shores of Lake Michigan from Evanston to the Wisconsin border and the Western and Northwestern suburbs, we are able to give extensive background and knowledge regarding each community and its offerings. Connect to the Chicago shop and Shoreline Shop we create a seamless network between Illinois and Michigan, all along the lake shore.
Testimonials
- lkrompartMarcia has everything we would want in a realtor: friendly, knowledgeable, responsive, cooperative, communicative. We had a great experience working with her
- andre658Marcia is an expert in this field! She has the passion, knowledge, and is both professional and personable. Marcia treats the deal as if she is buying the home for herself and therefore is meticulous about every aspect of the deal. Through her years of experience she has access to top notch lawyers, tradesmen, "handyman", brokers, lending agencies, etc. So when you get Marcia, you get full end to end service that you will love and appreciate.
- hiloryatlbrMarcia is the best realtor I've ever worked with. She maintains the highest levels of integrity and community throughout the process. Her guidance throughout has been precise and spot-on. Every step of the way was clear, every requirement detailed, every obstacle promptly addressed. The entire process was smooth and effortless, thanks to Marcia. I must also add that moving is a life-altering event. Marcia's compassion and willingness to go above and beyond in providing service simply cannot be matched. She's the 'real deal'.
- zuser20200706180634230Marcia has been a huge help to us since we relocated back to the Chicagoland area last year. First, she helped us find an amazing rental mid COVID, then she helped us through the crazy Spring market to land our forever home. Marcia made herself available to speak to us whenever was convenient for us, usually well past the typical end of work day. She also had a great list of referrals for inspectors and lawyers to help us through the process. We really appreciated her responsiveness, connections and ability to pivot in the midst of the chaotic Spring market. Thank you Marcia!
- jpr2562We talked to several realtors before choosing Marcia as our agent, when we decided to sell our condo. She took the time to go through all of the comps in our area and walked us through the whole selling process. Not only did she sell our unit in 7 days but also got us 10k over asking price. She has been a huge help in keeping us informed about the closing process and what we need to do.
- samantha amdurskyMarcia helped me buy my home. I could not be happier with it and I am grateful to Marcia for everything she did to help me find it and get it. Marcia is incredibly responsive and was always made herself available to take me to the many homes I wanted to see in a timely manner. Marcia also did a great job of screening the homes on the market and sending me appropriate recommendations on almost a daily basis. Marcia is also very knowledgeable about the market and was able to counsel me (an inexperienced home buyer) on the pros and cons of each home we saw. Marcia helped me with the inspection, negotiated with seller, and connected me with a great contractors. Marcia was a pleasure to work with and I highly recommend her.
- mgraditorMarcia is well aware of the market, and was super in advising me as to how to approach the purchase of the property I wanted. She stayed on top of the situation, and always kept me informed of any activity on the listing. She is reachable, if I had questions, and if she did not immediately have an answer for me (and she usually did) she would research and find it.She is a great negotiator, got me the best price for my purchase. Bottom line, she was there from the time I found the property until she closed the sale.Marcia is a joy to work with, and gets the job done well.-
- slk581Marcia Shanin has helped us sell several homes. The latest was in 2018. She is very personable, extremely efficient, and gets the job done! She is always around and always gets back to us in a timely manner. I will always recommend her to all I know.
- DanielleKestnbaumMark and I wanted to thank you so much for all of the hard work that you put into getting us into a wonderful home for our family. We realize that the challenges were many, as we had much on our plate, but you handled them all easily, and with such grace.Having already recommended you to a few friends of ours, who have similarly been very impressed with you, we will not hesitate to recommend you in the future to anyone on the North Shore who is looking to sell their home or buy a new one. In fact, we have recently referred my parents to you. You are consistently professional, organized, diligent, and thoughtful, and you represented us zealously. Most importantly, you are honest and never made us feel pressured about such important decisions. Thank you again for all of your hard work, for making the process as painless as possible, and for helping us to get into a wonderful home that was a great fit for our family and then helping us to sell it when we moved out of the area.
- mj6141983We have bought and sold four homes from Marcia Shanin over the past several years, including three luxury homes. We think we could not possibly have found a better real estate agent. She is exceptionally well-informed about the marketplace and about particular homes she is showing, and is always well prepared. To say she is a concerned about the well-being of her clients is an understatement. She has spent hours on the phone with us at all times of day and night as we have agonized about home sales and purchases. With extreme patience, she has researched any question we have raised and driven us all over town to see any home that might be of interest.Marcia has been superb at negotiating all four deals she handled for us; getting us top dollar in the case of the two homes we sold, and securing great deals on the homes we purchased.Most importantly, Marcia has good judgment. Where we have observed other brokers push their clients into deals that are not in their best interest, Marcia is remarkably honest about things. She will offer advice when asked, and keep quiet at those times when another broker might be talking too much. The bottom line is that we trust Marcia more than we ever expected to trust any real estate agent.
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